Last updated on July 28, 2017

1.19 Release Notes

This release note describes the new major build for Appspace App v1.19.

Highlights

• Support for network command events and action scripting in interactive mode for LG WebOS devices.
• Added player property to synchronize layout/playlist scheduling across multiple devices.
• Added ability to hide or show the virtual keyboard on device registration screens (Sign In and Device Name).
• Includes various bug fixes.

Supported Hardware

Operating Environment	Device	Reference Models	Minimum Firmware / OS Version	Minimum Appspace Version
Chrome OS	Chromebox	Dell Chromebox 3010 AOPEN Chromebox ASUS Chromebox	Chrome OS 46 55.0.2883.103	Appspace 6.0
BrightSign	BrightSign 4K Series 2 BrightSign XD Series 2	4K1142 XD1132	v 6.1.76	Appspace 6.0
	BrightSign XT Series 3 . BrightSign XD Series 3 .	XT1143 XT243 XD1033 XD233	v 6.2.63	Appspace 6.0
	BrightSign HD Series 3 . BrightSign LS Series 3	HD1023 HD223 LS423	v 6.2.94	Appspace 6.1
Samsung Smart Signage Platform (SSSP) 3.0	DBE/DME/DHE/UDE-P/DME-BR series	DM32E DM40E	1026.6	Appspace 6.0
MediaVue	MediaVue SureVue	SureVue D1 SureVue D2 SureVue D4 SureVue D6	v 1.2.4	Appspace 6.0
Cisco IEC	Cisco IEC 4600 Series	IEC-4650	v 2.3.4b (build 5.354.406)	Appspace 6.0
Universal Windows Platform (UWP)	UWP Tablets Desktop PC/Laptops	Microsoft Surface Pro Desktop PC	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro	Appspace 6.1
Android	Android Devices	Samsung Tab 4 Samsung Galaxy Tab S	Android 4.4.2 KitKat Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow	Appspace 6.1
iOS	iOS Devices	iPad iPad Mini	iOS 9 iOS 10	Appspace 6.1
LG	SM5KC series	32SM5KC	webOS 3.0 Firmware v 4.30.40	Appspace 6.2

New Features and Enhancements

General

• In the Player.CDN.Service url, the {{appspace-url}} in CDN URLs will be replaced with registered Appspace hostnames.

• Support for synchronizing layout scheduling across multiple devices via player properties.

  • Setting the ‘player.layoutschedulingmode’ property to ‘synchronized’ on the sign or player property page, ensures the playback of layouts will be synchronized across two or more players.

  • This does not include content within the layout.

  • Players must have NTP configured, and share the same date and time.

  • Synchronization is expected to be within one (1) second.

    
    

• Support for synchronizing playlist scheduling across multiple devices via player properties..

  • Setting the ‘custom.media.schedulingmode’ property to ‘synchronized’ on the Media Zone widget, ensures the playback of content will be synchronized across two or more players.

  • This does not include layout synchronization.

  • Players must have NTP configured, and share the same date and time.

  • Synchronization is expected to be within one (1) second.

    
    

LG webOS

• Support for network command events to emulate a remote control in interactive mode.

  • To enable this function, set the ‘Remote.Enable’ player property to True, and execute the network command ‘?remote=[action]’, where actions represent the following:

    • up = Up
    • down = Down
    • left = Left
    • right = Right
    • system = Device Menu
    • select = Select
    • back = Back
    
    

  • Execute the ‘?channel=[action]&[searchby]=[value after URI encode]’ network command to perform the following actions:

    • Load channel
      • By ID: ?channel=loadchannel&channelid=52654
      • By name: ?channel=loadchannel&channelname=channel & name
    
    
    • Load channel group
      • By ID: ?channel=loadchannelgroup&channelgroupid=52654
      • By name: ?channel=loadchannelgroup&channelgroupname=channel group name
    
    
    • Load live channel
      • By ID: ?channel=loadlivechannel&livechannelid=0001
      • By name: ?channel=loadlivechannel&livechannelname=live channel name
    
    
    • Open Search page
      • ?channel=search&query=abc
    
    
    • Load EPG
      • ?channel=loadepg
    
    
    • Load Recently Added page
      • ?channel=loadrecent
    
    
    • Load Home page
      • ?channel=loadhome

    Note

    You must URI encode text strings that contain unicode and non-latin characters before executing the commands.

  • Support for executing system commands within interactive mode, as follows:

    • ?system=restart
    • ?system=resync
    • ?system=reset-content
    • ?system=unregister

    Note

    Executing system commands results in the Appspace App restarting, thus requiring the port to be open again on the following restart. This however does not apply when unregistering Appspace App.

• The default media type of live streams is set for the following protocols, if the URL does not contain any LGMediaType parameter:

  • UDP protocol = mp4
  • RTP protocol = mp4
  • MRS protocol = mp2t

LG webOS and BrightSign

• Added ability to hide or show the virtual keyboard on device registration screens (Sign In and Device Name):
  • Press the ESC button to to close/hide the virtual keyboard currently on display. The virtual keyboard will be shown again when you click on another input field.
  • Press Alt+Ctrl+K to toggle the virtual keyboard ON (show) or OFF (hide). The virtual keyboard will be hidden until the session expires.

Resolved Escalations

• AE-3500 - Lists in a Media Container widget are not in the correct order on a Chromebox.
• AE-3470 - The ‘Exactly’ Frequency Restrictions setting for content in a sign, does not execute effectively.
• AE-3471 - Entering keyboard commands does not work correctly on Appspace App 1.17.

Known Issues

General

• Playout metrics for synchronized playback in a sign returns incorrect playback count results.

iOS

• When rotating the display from portrait to landscape in Interactive mode, a black screen is seen briefly before the loading icon is displayed.